SajjadAhmad
In the past ten years, there have been several improvements in mountain climbing equipment. These improvements have made the sport both safer and more enjoyable for experienced climbers. Despite these improvements, however, the rate of mountain-climbing injuries has doubled in the past ten years.
Which of the following, if true, best reconciles the apparent discrepancy presented in the passage?
A. Many climbers, lulled into a false sense of security, use the new equipment to attempt climbing feats of which they are not capable.
B. Some mountain-climbing injuries are caused by unforeseeable weather conditions.
C. Mountain climbing, although a dangerous sport, does not normally result in injury to the experienced climber.
D. In the past ten years there have been improvements in mountain climbing techniques as well as in mountain-climbing equipment.
E. Although the rate of mountain-climbing injuries has increased, the rate of mountain-climbing deaths has not changed.
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"Improvements in mountain climbing equipment, in past ten years, have made sport safer and more enjoyable for
EXPERIENCED Climbers"the rate of mountain-climbing injuries has doubled in the past ten years-
Here, climbers who are
not EXPERIENCED totally rely on the mountain climbing equipment for safety and attempt to climb those mountains which are difficult, an attempt often results into injuries.
A:)
B- We are interested into those injuries that take mountain climbing equipment into account, NOT weather conditions.
C-It does not say anything why the rate has doubled in the past ten years.
D-It does not say about injuries.
E-We have to find
why the rate has doubled despite the improvements in the mountain climbing equipment-